NICOLE AMARTEIFIO A Ghanaian-American, Nicole Amarteifio had a successful career in international development working on African government policies. She shifted gears and created a web series featuring young African returnees. It hit a million views within the first several weeks of its release. Hollywood wants her now, and she has a movie coming out. www.anafricancity.tv www.twitter.com/anafricancity Photo by Mantse Aryeequaye of accradotaltradio.com.   WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID  Nneka Elliott is last season’s TV news reporter who quit CP24 (Toronto) and started her own lifestyl ..read more

Garvia Bailey is taking on the prestigious fellowship of her dreams, and things are changing at Media Girlfriends. Garvia, Hannah Sung and Nana aba Duncan tell you what’s new with the company. Plus, our extended Media Girlfriends family chimes in with surprise messages for Garvia. In order of appearance, they are: Tori Allen Jennifer Hollett Rachel Giese Michelle Parise Pacinthe Mattar  Kathryn Gretsinger Nam Kiwanuka Yamri Taddese Reshmi Nair Rachel Harry More about Massey College’s William Southam Journalism Fellows (including Garvia)      Hannah’s TikTok is ..read more

It’s former Canada editor at The FADER Anupa Mistry again. Now she's in New York working as creative producer of original content at Vevo. I called to see how she’s doing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Media Girlfriends co-founder Hannah Sung has a new podcast! It’s called At The End of The Day with Hannah Sung. Hannah has a newsletter of the same name, which is a news perspective that puts people first -- relationships, caring, social fairness and the greater good. The podcast does the same, and you can listen to it at the end of the week to help process it all. This first episode is about how to bring joy into your life, and features comedian and co-host of the Great Canadian Baking Show, Ann Pornel. Enjoy! Subscribe ? Apple Podcasts ? Spotify ? TuneIn ? Amazon ..read more

Lorraine Chuen made a comic called "Sometimes Love Is Quiet, Sometimes It's Not There At All", about growing up Chinese-Canadian in a small town. She is also the co-founder of Intersectional Analyst, a blog that looks at diversity issues through infographics and data visualizations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Nana aba, Garvia and Hannah talk about producing podcasts. Nana aba talks about becoming a professor during a pandemic. Subscribe to our newsletter at mediagirlfriends.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

A live show with Media Girlfriends! Partnering with CBC Podcasts, we celebrated the launch of More with Anna Maria Tremonti. Arts journalist and Jazzcast.ca founder Garvia Bailey spoke with Anna Maria Tremonti, former host of CBC Radio’s The Current, in front of a live audience at Paradise Theatre in Toronto. FOLLOW #MEDIAGIRLFRIENDS ON TWITTER @mediagfs @garveyschild @amtremonti SEND EMAIL mediagirlfriends@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Hadiya Roderique is a lawyer, Walrus-Massey fellow and host on the Canadaland Commons podcast. She wasn't getting the same hits as her white girlfriends on OkCupid so she experimented with her profile picture to see what would happen. She wrote about the results for Walrus magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Find out about a special Media Girlfriends event (!) with: Ishani Nath, senior editor at Flare Magazine Hannah Sung, digital manager at TVO Nelu Handa, actor, comedian and writer     FOLLOW #MEDIAGIRLFRIENDS ON TWITTER @mediagfs   SEND EMAIL mediagirlfriends@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Bee Quammie started her career in healthcare. Now she's a freelance writer and a contributor to CBC TV's the National. In February she told the country we should get rid of Black History Month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more